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Preity Zinta hasn't signed any new film in over three years now.And she is clearly trying her best to play down the fact tha

Preity Zinta hasn't signed any new film in over three years now.

And she is clearly trying her best to play down the fact that she has no takers in Bollywood.

The 34-year-old actor insists she is not signing new films as the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) is keeping her busy. Preity co-owns the Kings XI Punjab team.

"I can only start filming any film post the IPL! For now, it's cricket all the way! So folks keep d faith & wait 4 me on the silver screen (sic)," Preity wrote on her Twitter page.

"Liked 1 script very much but dates were clashing with IPL so decided 2 opt out. Someone else is doing it now... so all izz well (sic)!" she added. The dimpled diva said she couldn't afford to ignore her cricket commitments.

But industry insiders said producers are not keen on Preity. She has only Jahnu Baruah's longpending Harr Pall coming up. She stars with Shiney Ahuja, currently facing rape charges, in it.

"Preity's last few films haven't done well. Her trademark cute and bubbly image won't work as she has crossed 30. Younger actresses such as Genelia D'Souza and Asin are filling the space. Preity should have reinvented herself as an actor at the right time," a producer said.

But Preity promised to "be back in movies with a bang". She said: "This is my personal promise... It's just that I have bigger wars to fight right now," referring to the new IPL season starting on March 12.

"I wish I was Supergirl! I personally want to shoot movies too but right now I simply cannot afford to leave cricket behind!" she tweeted.

The box-office hasn't seemed too keen to accept her of late. Her last few releases, Heroes and Deepa Mehta's Videsh: Heaven On Earth, flopped in 2008.

She had no release last year. Her last hit was Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna in 2006.

Of late, Preity's only claim-to-fame has been Happening, an item number in last year's Salman Khan-Kareena Kapoor dud Main Aur Mrs Khanna. But she is in no mood to take up such songs again and seems to have learnt a lesson.

"I promise (to do) no more guest appearances," Preity writes, adding that 2010 will be a year of total multitasking for her. "I want to fight the corruption in our system. I think I will be taking on real villains (and) not reel, so God help me!" she wrote.

Preity recently sponsored 34 orphan girls in Hrishikesh and also became an ambassador of NGO Loomba Trust She also went for a short course at the Harvard Business School. Preity is now all set to anchor a cricket-based show, Behind The Seam with PZ, on television.

"Had a big creative meeting on my cricket show... soon you all will see it... my life in cricket!" the star has tweeted.

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